{"id":808,"date":"2026-06-06T01:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T01:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/?p=808"},"modified":"2026-06-06T02:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T02:58:54","slug":"wayward-vine-end-of-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/wayward-vine-end-of-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayward Vine &#8211; End of May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4E6FwFKVtuMBgoutY743qo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Listen on Spotify<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Single&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band Wayward Vine is categorized under the Folk genre, but their latest song \u201cEnd of May\u201d has a definite crossover feel, not quite pop but not quite folk in the literal sense. Beginning with a melodic piano opening,&nbsp; Valeria Rachel breaks through with beautiful undertones of Joan Baez and Joanie Mitchell. &nbsp; Co-writer and band member Greg Lawrence adds his deep vocals on chorus, which lends a layer to the lyrics that makes you think the song is about a bad breakup. But ending the tune with Rachel\u2019s haunting violin adds a sense of sorrow rather than anger. It\u2019s a lovely song, regardless of labels or genre. (Gina Tempesta)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen on Spotify Single&nbsp; The band Wayward Vine is categorized under the Folk genre, but their latest song \u201cEnd of May\u201d has a definite crossover feel, not quite pop but not quite folk in the literal sense. Beginning with a melodic piano opening,&nbsp; Valeria Rachel breaks through with beautiful undertones of Joan Baez and Joanie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[9,13],"class_list":["post-808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-summer-2025","tag-reviews","tag-summer-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":809,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newenglandamericana.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}